PARTY
How could I have left you for three weeks without a party update? I know, so selfish. It was a grand success. The Candy-Treasure-Hunt was by far the favorite activity.
Seriously. And so easy too. I highly recommend it. Here’s an “Action Shot” showing the kids in pursuit of CANDY.
So fun. Also fun? Watching a 5-year-old DANCE OFF. Oh yeah. These kids can move. This is the golden age for Dance Offs. In a few years they’ll be too self conscious. But now? Oh how they can work it.
CHAIRS
I’m in this great Mom’s Group hosted by a local church. They had a fundraiser a few weeks ago. The church gave us these AWESOME old chairs to make fabulous and sell. Since there were 10 chairs, I figured we’d better keep it simple. We spray painted them and I laid out some scriptures in Illustrator to stick on the chairs (shout out to my totally amazing sister-in-law Angela who cut the vinyl for me. YOU ROCK!) Then I used some enamel paint to add a little line art. Super simple. Super cute. Super.
CARDS
As I mentioned before, I’m in charge of crafts for our Moms Group this year. This week we’ll be making sets of cards. There’s this great project called KidsLink Downrange where MOPS groups all around the USA help military kids connect to their deployed parents by creating Card Kits the kids can use to keep in touch with their mom or dad. We’ll be making sets of cards to keep AND some to give away. And, since I try to make things as simple as possible, I made up the card designs in color AND line art. (So the people who want to be creative can be creative, and the people who want to mass-produce these suckas can mass-produce…)
Because I love to share, here are the files for you. As always, GLITTER GLUE IS NOT OPTIONAL. See how I made all the cute polka-dots on the backgrounds? They’re for you to dot glitter glue onto. Seriously, everything is better with glitter.
Random Bullet Pointed Tips:
* Buy envelopes before you make your cards. That way you can make the cards exactly the right size. Or, if you’re like me, you may have a stockpile already to pull from… (Because you never know when you’ll need 500 envelopes, right?) (Size A-2 envelopes are 4.375″ x 5.75″, and fit cards that are 4.25″ x 5.5″. That’s exactly 1/2 a sheet of regular card-stock folded in half. That’s what we’ll be making. Do a google search for A-2 envelopes & find lots of lovely options.)
* I buy reams of card stock to make my own cards, but craft stores carry nice little 25-page packs in a variety of colors that are lovely. I use a paper cutter to cut it down to the right size. If I’m really ambitious, I’ll use a butter knife to score where the paper will fold before I cut it. Then I get a pristine fold line. It’s very satisfying.
* Coloring Your Card: I think Colored Pencils are the best, but you can also use Acrylic Craft Paint to get some nice strong color on your card. Watercolors will work too (if you’ve laser-printed the designs, but if you printed it on an inkjet printer it will smear.)
* Glitter glue is your friend. Embrace the glitter glue. For best results, color the design in first & then enhance & highlight with the glittery goodness.
*You can glue or tape the designs directly on the cards, but the foam-ey tape makes it a little more 3-D & funky.
Click on the line art below & click again to magnify. You can save the file or print directly from here. I recommend using card stock.
HAPPY CRAFTING!!!
